Highway tagging samples/urban

This page shows some real streets and their correct tagging. This is just supposed to be a guide and a help for getting started. Of course you don't have to use tags exactly the way they have been used here.

But please do your tagging according to Editing Standards and Conventions and refer to the highway tag usage for exact road classification. For the latter there might also be a separate page for your country.

Note: highway classification is hard to explain using photos. You need local knowledge about how important each road in highway graph.

Picture	Description/Remarks	Tags	Mapnik/OSM-Carto
	Primary with directions separated by tram line	`highway=primary` `lanes=2` `oneway=yes` `name=Rheinstraße` `ref=B 26` `surface=asphalt` `sidewalk=right` `railway=tram` `railway=tram` `highway=primary` `lanes=2` `oneway=yes` `name=Rheinstraße` `ref=B 26` `surface=asphalt` `sidewalk=right` `cycleway:right=lane`
	Secondary street with embedded tramrails. The tram lines are tagged separately left and right of the highway (see Trams).	`railway=tram` `highway=secondary` `name=Examplestreet` `lanes=3` `lanes:backward=2` `lanes:forward=1` `turn:lanes:backward=left\|none` `parking:right=lane` `parking:right:orientation=parallel` `railway=tram`
	Primary with parking lane and separated footway/cycleway	`highway=primary` `name=Wilhelm-Fay-Straße` `cycleway=track`
	Residential street, oneway, with cycleway in opposite direction	`highway=residential` `cycleway=opposite_lane` `oneway=yes` `name=Lauteschlägerstraße` (additionally:) `surface=cobblestone` `lanes=1`
	Minor street on the outskirts of town. Please refer to Highways	`highway=unclassified` or `highway=service`
	Residential street, probably in a suburb	`highway=residential` `name=Acme Lane` or `highway=service` `name=Acme Lane`
	Residential street, probably in a suburb	`highway=residential` `name=Mustermannstraße`
	A path, apparently not for horses	`highway=footway` `horse=no` `name=Birkenweg` The `barrier=*` is tagged on a node at its real position and part of the highway with `barrier=cycle_barrier`
	The crossing street does not allow trucks (Heavy goods vehicles)	Cross-street: `highway=tertiary` `hgv=no` `lanes=2` `surface=asphalt` `smoothness=excellent` Through street: `highway=primary` `lanes=4` `surface=concrete` `smoothness=good`
	This is a 5-lane road, with a center “suicide lane”, where cars can be going in both directions while preparing to turn. Technical term for the center lane is a two-way left-turn lane (TWLTL).	`highway=primary` `lanes=5` `lanes:forward=2` `lanes:backward=2` `lanes:both_ways=1` `surface=concrete` `smoothness=good`
	2.5m wide asphalt concrete path. It is signed “No motor vehicles,” and local knowledge indicates that it is a shared use path (“...is a hiking and biking trail...”).	`highway=path` `tracktype=grade1` `width=2.5` `surface=concrete:plates` `smoothness=good`
	An urban path with no signs at all. Not really suitable for cycling but it's not forbidden, either. Area is public space so access not forbidden. Use on foot known to be possible and legal.	`highway=path` `smoothness=bad` `wheelchair=no` proposed: `informal=yes`
	A path designated for pedestrians and cyclists equally. Possibly horse access is not allowed, depends on local law.	`highway=path` `bicycle=designated` `foot=designated` (`horse=no` depending on jurisdiction) or `highway=cycleway` `foot=designated`
	An urban path on which motorized vehicle access is forbidden. As above but no guarantees on passability. Likely without restrictions on horses. Access on foot and on a bicycle is known to be legal and possible.	`highway=path` `surface=unpaved`
	A designated footway.	`highway=path` `foot=designated` (`bicycle=no` depending on jurisdiction) `surface=asphalt` or `highway=footway` `surface=asphalt`
	A sidewalk without signs if drawn as a separate way. For sidewalks only separated by a kerb some mappers have used `sidewalk=*` on the carriageway.	`highway=footway` `footway=sidewalk` (`foot=yes` if your jurisdiction differentiates between marked and unmarked sidewalks) `surface=concrete`

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